Brachymyrmex longicornis
Brachymyrmex longicornis | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex australis) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Myrmelachistini |
Genus: | Brachymyrmex |
Species: | Brachymyrmex longicornis Forel, 1907 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Brachymyrmex australis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- longicornis. Brachymyrmex longicornis Forel, 1907e: 9 (w.) BRAZIL. Forel, 1912i: 62 (q.).
- Junior synonym of australis: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 22.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
- Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 24: 1-20 (page 9, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 62, queen described)
- Ortiz-Sepulveda, C.M., Van Bocxlaer, B., Meneses, A.D., Fernández, F. 2019. Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19, 447–542 (doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2).